1865-In the United States-Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)

1879-Sandford Fleming-first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

1879-The England cricket team-led by George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|Lord Harris is Sydney Riot of 1879|attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney.

1885-The first government-approved Japanese in Hawaii|Japanese immigrants-arrived in Hawaii.

1887-The Dawes Act-authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native Americans in the United States|Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

1904-Battle of Port Arthur-A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Lushun|Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

1952-Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II-is proclaimed Queen regnant|Queen of the United Kingdom.

1955-The Government of Sindh-Pakistan, abolishes the Feudalism in Pakistan|Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km2) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.

1960-Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom-issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

1960-The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame-

1962-Paris massacre of 1961#8 February 1962 Charonne massacre|Charonne massacre-Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.

1963-Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States-citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

1963-The First full Color Television program in the World, publicly advertised, is broadcast in Mexico City-by XHGC-TV, Channel 5, due to technical breakthrough advances made by Mexican Engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena.

1963-The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq-Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is February 1963 Iraqi coup d'état|overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.

1968-American civil rights movement-The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.